Post-portoenterostomy triangular cord sign prognostic value in biliary atresia: A prospective study

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 78, Issue 934, 2005, Pages 884-887

  Kotb, M A ^a   Sheba, M ^a   El Koofy, N ^a   Mansour, S ^a   El Karaksy, H M ^a   Dessouki, N M ^a   Mostafa, W ^a   El Barbary, M ^a   El Tantawy, H E ^a   Kaddah, S ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BILE DUCT ATRESIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PATIENT MONITORING; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PORTOENTEROSTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRIANGULAR CORD SIGN;

BILIARY ATRESIA; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PORTOENTEROSTOMY, HEPATIC; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 27744463579     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/34728497     Document Type: Article

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